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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the IRA gunmen protesting at the shootout at the distillery?
(a) The prohibition of alcohol.
(b) The death of a policeman.
(c) The shutdown of the distillery.
(d) The founding of Northern Ireland.

2. Where did the shoot-out of 1922 occur?
(a) In the market.
(b) In the streets.
(c) In the church.
(d) In the distillery.

3. What happens to the distillery after the shootout?
(a) It floods.
(b) It is rebuilt.
(c) It is shutdown.
(d) It explodes.

4. What happens to both Brigid and Larry in Chapter 2?
(a) They have both lost their jobs.
(b) They both cannot see.
(c) They have lost their ability to speak.
(d) They are killed.

5. Who gives a gun to the boy's father?
(a) A German sailor.
(b) His grandfather.
(c) A family friend.
(d) A local policeman.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Billy Mahon?

2. What is the subject of most of the songs the Catholics sing on the Feast of Assumption?

3. What happened to the boy's sister, Una, in 1948?

4. Where are the boy's father's sisters sent to live after the death of their parents?

5. Which two characters are introduced first at the beginning of the novel?

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